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Denmark is poised to grant citizens copyright control over their own faces, voices, and bodies The copyright amendment would give every citizen legal ownership over their physical likeness, allowing them to demand the removal of unauthorized AI-generated content www.myprivacy.blog/denmark-make...
Individually we can only do so much but together we can do more.
Iâve taught or used all of these books - and theyâve helped kids engage with reading and learning about the world in profound ways. Heâs right. What the heck is going on, #Alberta??? www.instagram.com/reel/DOAJ1yR...
My last thing is that Iâm not going to spend a bunch of time telling people about actual crime statistics or their decline because to take that defensive position only gives credence to the totally made-up premise being used as a cover for authoritarianism thereby obscuring the authoritarianism.
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwoodâs Handmaidâs Tale used to come to power.
Awesome. Love to see it. Your writing changes people and will change the world.â¤ď¸
Nice! It really is the worst. I donât want to be another form of teacher when I am trying to just process and enjoy.
Yup.
Right??? Itâs been a bad experience the last few times. And for some movies I was really wanting to see in peace. The morning session was better!
Yes. Had a moment like that today.
Stop motion is a laborious art. Love this.
Yes. Too many times recently, itâs been someone doing something super ANNOYING and ruining the experience. Happens way too often and too many people not being respectful of the film and my money (because movies be expensive)!
Words are magic
100. Up to 100 survivors. Think about how many men were involved.
They can't cover things that are antagonistic to the interests of their owners... & also they support what Trump is doing.
Love doing my Lego activity w the kids at start of year. Play-doh is a good one, as well. Iâve had them create an object out of the squishy stuff to represent their story or selves. Lego is very analogy-esque. Didnât do last year, but this is good reminder! Please share how it goes. And good luck!đ¤
It's really nice knowing nice people.
Sure am!
Graham Greene helped make the rest of the world see Indigenous people as real human beings. The first time I saw him on screen was in Dances With Wolves and the last time was in The Last of Us. What a tremendous legacy! RIP âđ˝đđ˝â¤ď¸
Amen to everything Dan said. Especially how great â and funny â he was on Reservation Dogs. Related: all of Reservation Dogs â one of the very best shows of the last decade â is currently streaming on Hulu.
We are simpatico! I, too, am snacking and on the Netflix. One last ride on the chill-train before the yearâs start-up tomorrow đ Summer is officially over for us teachers here in Vancouver, Canada.
On September 1, 2025, we lost a true legend. Graham Greene, Oneida from Six Nations Reserve, walked on at the age of 73. Over the span of more than 175 acting credits, he gave us characters that were unforgettable, complex, and real. redpopnews.com/remembering-... #redpopnews
One of the greats. He was a fine actor and helped us all understand Indigenous people and lives better.
Oh this one makes me very, very sad. He was one of the few Indigenous actors of his time and generation. And we always felt his humanness and calm on screen. Sending love and light to all of his relatives and loved ones.
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This has lots of brilliant resources!
If youâve ever worried whether art matters. It does.
The Holdovers is such a great film. The performances were real and true. Heart-bending and beautiful. We all have something. And this film allows us to know that we âcan do it.â Thinking of adding it to list of texts for my 11s, looking at themes of identity and connection. #theholdovers #film
If you need some comedy gold today, read this review of GDTâs FRANKENSTEIN that complains the movie is too sympathetic to the monster and paints Dr. F as the real baddie, abandoning his creation. Oh, the horror! www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
This is, by far, one of my favourite comedic bits. And part of it is because weâve never LEFT the hospital. đ¤Śđťââď¸
I will! On first day! Thank you! đ â¤ď¸
Make no mistake, everything thatâs happening in the United States is being significantly enabled by the right wing oligarch capture of media. Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are. Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
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Capitalism be capitalism-ing.
Griffinâs definition of fascism as palingenetic ultranationalismâspecifically a reactionary nostalgia for a lost history of the nation that never existedâremains undefeated. A nostalgia for a type of bread that is ubiquitous, created in the 20th century, and rage towards bread as old as civilisation
Whenever you try to talk to an American patriot about even the basics of their nations history.
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New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
Ugh. Hope you stay ok. Hopefully, itâll just move through you like a cold. If youâre immunized, it should. My niece has had it a few times now and the last time was the easiest because of, get this, she was re-immunized recently. Sending you wishes for better, Chanea.
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpracticeâwhen you pray for something you have the power to change.
My sister to my 5-year old: "What do you want your new teacher to know about you?" (She's expecting him to comment on his ability to read and do math well above his age level.) 5-year old: "I want her to know I can ride a bike and draw stars." Sobering clarity on what's important.
It takes a lot of courage to organize. It also takes a lot of humility. To say, I canât solve this problem or challenge this system by myself and I gotta work with others. And we donât know if this is gonna work, but itâs worth trying.
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lol. My teen son had 4 fried eggs for dinner today. Nothing else. Perfectly fried, of course. đ Super weird. But I do I love the weirdness.
"83.3% of LLM users were unable to quote even one sentence from the essay they had just written"
If hopelessness has made a home in your heart, it cannot be dislodged easily or all at once. Chip away at it with small victories, moments of hope and defiance. It is not easy and it will take time and effort, but strive to make it an uncomfortable home, a place where despair is no longer welcome.
Good for him. Smart for Netflix. And to heck w government and media censorship.
No freaking thank you. Too much weirdness in this whole thing. And the world right now, to be frank.
Havenât seen it yet! Will do now, though. Thanks for letting us know it got you in the feels.
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Trump take LEGO www.404media.co/lego-stops-s...
I feel this way sometimes. Maybe not less confident, but less sure - & definitely more aware of how good teaching & learning takes loads of planning, work, commitment & time. For it to be real, deep & meaningful, it takes a lot. But Iâm better at it as itâs happening. And what matters/what doesnât.
my father-in-law is a âI know a guyâ Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because itâs not about âwinningâ a deal, itâs about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy
This made me happy today. When we really try it, humanity can and will do great things. Think about it: no emissions, no by products, no "rare earths" to mine, just energy from fresh water and seawater.
There is still beauty in the world. (Monsanto, Portugal đˇ unknown.)
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SCOOP: The BC government has quietly cut a $20 million fund that schools used to waive fees for vulnerable children, pay for school supplies. Last year, an NDP MLA called the fund 'transformative' and the education minister said parents could 'count on the program's help' thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
Iâm a 76er too! A good year, for sure đŤś
Maybe itâs because I can recall what I was seeing - and then realizing in the following days what was actually going on - that this even struck me in a profound way. I knew that these were choices being made. It really was just that - choice of inaction because of racism.
Watched it. The smiling was grotesque. Absolutely maddening & so damn sad. How can ppl just do these things/abandon folks like that? How can we create impediment after impediment in their survival? Itâs infuriatingly tragic. The utter disregard/care were the deadly forces @ work.
NEW figures show that 61,226 people are currently in ICE detention â the highest number ever in US history. According to ICE data, 70% of these people have no criminal conviction.
Yes.
Same. And Iâm not even American.
Here is my main opinion on AI, in every capacity: What is the point of technology? Is it to make our lives better and easier, or is it to make a very small percentage of people richer? The latter is what AI is doing. The people actually doing the coding are making themselves redundant.
Kids are always better than us.
Everyone at the CDC is getting fired or resigning. RFK Jr. wants to ban all vaccines. His idiocy will get millions of people killed.
Pay attention. Your familyâs safety is on the line.
Yes. Absolutely.
Prayer didnât save them. Prayer wonât save folks killed this way. Itâs the guns that do that.
Was planning on watching this weekend. Many ppl have told me itâs systemic racism made real and evident. More of this is needed. I know itâll be heartbreaking.
I think about this all the time. How my childhood/teenage years were impacted & so very different from other kids. As an adult, that hasnât changed. My life is different from other people. It makes me sad sometimes - but I also know that itâs part of what makes me who I am & has given me empathy.
Yes. Absolutely.
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As we keep seeing more and more stories about ChatGPT leading to deaths it's important to frame it as a faulty product born from hubris whose true costs are passed on to everyone but the people who made it.
Omg so true
She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse. ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
Yes. Yup. Yes.
âYou don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.â ~Ray Bradbury Keep reading, friends. đ
OpenAI is addressing a dangerous situation by adding another layer of potentially deadly peril for users.
Yes. These words and ideas are clear and strong and needed.
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There you are! Too funny!
I think I just watched an episode of David Chang Live w u in it??Iâd been reading your skeets on here - not knowing that that was also u. U seem like a pretty smart & down to đ human - who obviously knows a whole lot about sports! I â¤ď¸ that u spoke about ur heritage on the show. Thatâs pretty cool.
Yes.
I said this months ago but I really need a BLUE STATE COMPACT IMMEDIATELY. Bring together all health depts, all education depts, etc... under one umbrella. Collectivize guidance, ensure that disabled students get what they need, etc... An emergency meeting of all Blue State Governors is overdue.
This is gross. Just an absolute perversion of holiness and what constitutes safety.
CHAOS ERUPTS AT CDC CDC Director Susan Monarez has been ousted after RFK Jr. demanded she change her policy on the COVID vaccine. Top officials from the Vaccine Unit, Zoonotic Division, and the Chief Medical Officer are resigning, per reports. Horrifying news for public health.
Yes. Nuts. So, plagiarism isnât allowed but using the most plagiaristic of all things in this world is? Also, the thinking isnât the studentâs. Itâs just regurgitated dumping. đ¤Śđťââď¸
every day there is some of the worst news imaginable and then we all have to keep sending emails and filing reports like there hasn't been another mass shooting or another deeply reported feature about the horrors of war, technology, and new policies designed to hurt vulnerable people even more
That made me nauseous. Heâs a child who just experienced trauma. Just cruel.
This is heartbreaking and so very, very wrong.
Trump now at 37% approve/55% disapprove. On July 16, was at 40%/54%. Voters are gradually moving away from Trump. But elites continue to accommodate and acquiesce to him. So his authoritarian project marches ahead. poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
Ya. This sucks for everyone. apple.news/AZKpjhtUHQaO...
WASHINGTON (AP) â Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak.
She didn't even mean to tell the future ... she was just calculating the most plausible outcomes of racism in America
Agreed.
Prepping & pulling up resources for new course this year. Came across this gem once again, & thought of you @marcusluther.bsky.social, @heymrsbond.com & @thevogelman.bsky.social. The discussion about tech and what is real and important in our world matters now more than ever. #ela #poetry
